The buccaneers were now in a very tight place; their enemy was behind defences and firing at them steadily, without showing any intention of coming out to give the pirates a chance for what they considered a fair fight.

Every now and then a buccaneer would fall, and L'Olonnois saw that as it would be utterly useless to endeavor to charge the barricade he must resort to some sort of trickery or else give up the battle.
Suddenly he passed the word for every man to turn his back and run away as fast as he could from the earthworks.

Away scampered the pirates, and from the valiant Spaniards there came a shout of victory.

The soldiers could not be restrained from following the fugitives and putting to death every one of the cowardly rascals.

Away went the buccaneers, and after them, hot and furious, came the soldiers.